Palestinian authority granted 'non-member state' status

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November 30, 2012 10:30:59

Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets to celebrate the UN General Assembly's vote to lift the Palestinian Authority's status from 'entity' to 'non-member state', the same status enjoyed by the Vatican.

It's a fundamental human yearning to be a part of something bigger than one's self, and maybe that's what drove my mate Ash to die, far from home, in a bloody foreign war against Islamic State, writes C August Elliott.